Fox News has named former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany co-host of its afternoon news/talk series Outnumbered beginning April 6.

McEnany will join Outnumbered founding anchor Harris Faulkner and co-host Emily Compagno on the series, which features a series of rotating panelists discussing the issues of the day, according to the network. McEnany, who joined Fox News as an on-air commentator earlier this month, served as press secretary in President Trump’s administration and worked for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign as its national press secretary. 

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McEnany also served as national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. She also worked as a political analyst for CNN where she provided commentary surrounding the 2016 presidential election. 

McEnany began her career in media as an intern at Fox News, where she later became a production assistant before attending Harvard Law School.

“Kayleigh’s unique background in politics and law coupled with her experiences confronting women's health challenges and life as a new mom will add robust insight to Outnumbered — we are delighted to welcome her back to Fox News where she began her media career,” said Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott in a statement. 

McEnany added, “I am thrilled to join the incredible women of Outnumbered and look forward to working alongside the talented Harris Faulkner and Emily Compagno as we discuss the top issues impacting the country.”

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The McEnany announcement follows the network's hiring of former President Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump as an on-air contributor. 

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has joined Fox News as an on-air commentator.

Harris Faulkner made the announcement during an interview with McEnany on The Faulkner Focus Tuesday.

"It is my distinct pleasure today to welcome Kayleigh McEnany to the Fox family," said Faulkner. "We will be seeing much more of her in the future."

McEnany's interview was her first since leaving the White House.

McEnany served as White House press secretary under former President Donald Trump from April 7, 2020 to Jan. 20, 2021. She also was previously a contributor to CNN.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany doubled down on the president's assertion that the media  has been trying to scare the American people about the coronavirus. 

That comes the same day that President Donald Trump planned to re-start his daily coronavirus briefings Tuesday (July 21). 

Asked in her daily briefing about Vice President Mike Pence's June 16 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal to that effect and whether the White House still stands by that 25,000 more coronavirus deaths later, McEnany reiterated the charge. 

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She said the White House has always been “clear-eyed” that reopening the country would entail “embers, and in some cases, fires.” Cases, and in some instances, death counts, have been rising in many states. She said the administration has been aggressive in addressing those embers and fires, including sending teams to emerging hot spots. She said the fatality rate of cases, the U.S. is below the European Union and the world average. 

Asked again if the White House saw the “main problem” as the media trying to scare people. she said she thought in many instances that was the case. “I think there's been a deficit in reporting about the cost of staying shut down, for instance,” she said.  

To suggest that cost, she cited “the American Cancer Society saying that, during the pandemic, we saw an 80 percent drop in cancer cases being identified,” adding that there were “real costs” to a “draconian extended shutdown.” She said the media does not report that other side of the health equation, including that mammograms are down 87% and colonoscopies down 90%, while drug overdoses continue to go up during the lockdown. 

Incoming White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has replaced White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham with Trump campaign spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany, according to CNN, which said Grisham will be chief of staff for First Lady Melania Trump. 

McEnany is a former guest on Fox and co-hosted CNN's The Point. 

Grisham had never actually held a press conference, instead issuing statements defending the President. March 11 marked the one-year anniversary of the White House moratorium on daily briefings, or what Reporters without Borders dubbed a "strategic press restriction." 

Grisham had replaced Sarah Sanders, who exited in June 2019, several months after the ban was imposed. 

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“Donald Trump is replacing a White House press secretary who did little more than appear on Fox News and other right-wing media outlets, with a person who is best known for her sycophantic pro-Trump media appearances," said Lis Power, director of media intelligence for Media Matters for America.